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Show ( VJlnftah MasSin Standard November 12, 1986, Page 11 AHS bus robbed, police do nothing Altamont High School students had a surprise last week as they traveled to Salt Lake to attend a performance of Macbeth a report about what was taken until after the play. He said he had done nothing further on the case because he hadn't heard from them again and assumed nothing had been taken, even though the suspect was seen with purses on his arm. Thacker said the officer had repeatedly asked him the same were robbed! Approximately $600 worth of clothing, purses, bags and books was taken from the two buses as the 70 students and their advisors were eating dinner before the play. The buses were parked in the parking lot on 4th South so that students could eat at one of the several restaurants in the area. Students were also taking that time to change clothes and get ready for the questions as though he didn't believe him. Chuck-a-Ram- a FOWLER STORE UP IN FLAMES The Fowler Store, the last remnant of a bustling community of days gone by burned to the ground Friday night. Firemen were unable to save the structure, but stayed til after mid- - i night making sure the flames wouldn't spread into the grass and field nearby. The cause of the fire has not yet been determined. Fowler Store and the end of an era go up in flames s. One of the last vestiges of what was once one of the largest communities in the Uintah Basin burned down Friday night. The Fowler Store, one of several stores operating at one time in Altonah, burned to the ground, as firemen stood by, unable to save it. Craig Koelliker, Upper Country fire chief said the building was engulfed in flames when they arrived. Although they tried to get it under control at first, as the structure began to collapse, the men had to back off for their own safety. Flames were shooting 50 feet in the air, he ' said. They could do nothing more than slow down the rate of burning, and wet down the surrounding area. The structure burned completely to the ground, with nothing remaining but the charted shells of a few modem day appliances stored inside. Koelliker and Dale Hanberg stayed until after midnight to make sure the fire would not sinead into the tall grass surrounding the building. The fire apparently began sometime Friday evening. The fire department was called out about 8:30 p.m. The cause has Tyger moving here, plans to finish too Tyger Construction is moving to Roosevelt for the winter. Contrary to rumors of the demise of Tyger, the firm is planning to still stay here and plow through the piles of reports and paperwork from the Upper Stillwater project. According to a spokesman for Tyger they will have about 14 salaried employees moving to the Gamache building on the Ioka Road. Site Supervisors will remain on the construction site but most of the winter work will be accomplished down here. As of Friday, November 7, all hourly wage earners from the construction site have been laid-of- f for the winter season. The remaining employees will be ' not yet been determined. dent recalls going to get a tooth The Fowler store, was built pulled in this store. She went around 1917, by the Preece alone, as a child, in a horse drawn brothers. The Fowlers operated sleigh. The tooth was pulled with the store for about 47 years, from out anesthetic and the young girl the 1920s to the late 60s. drove the sleigh home. In its prime the store was part The tooth puller was probably of a thriving community that inGeorge Mecham, who also cut cluded a hotel, a pool hall, four hair and worked for Fowlers. ice box The store had a walk-iroom school, a church and two other stores. The population of with meat that was kept fresh by Altonah in its heyday was about ice cut in the winter and stored in 1400 persons or 500 families,. It an ice house during the year. The was the largest town in the Upper , quality of the meat was country area, with Myton the There were gas lamps hanging only nearby town of equal or from the ceiling for light before greater size. It has been said that Altonah there were electric lights. could hold two dances on the The burning of the Fowler same night, and both would be store ended an era that will never full. be seen again. n well-know- n. One white-haire- d former resi The holiday to provide charity care at .the childrens hospital is now in its 16 at the year. Held December Salt Palace II, it will feature new attractions in addition to the traditional display of over 260 decorated Christmas trees, Sweet Shoppe, and Gift Boutique. Plans are under way for a "Gingerbread fund-rais- er 3-- 6, play. One of the students, Fred Thacker, was going out to the bus when he saw a man getting off the bus with purses over his arm. I le ran toward the man and told him to stop. He grabbed the man's arm, but the man shook him off and gestured as though he were going to hit Fred. The man jumped into a waiting vehicle and told the driver, Lets M go. Fred was able to memorize the license number of the vehicle as well as a description of the suspect He went inside, and the cashier called the police. It looked like an open and shut case. However, when police came, advisor on the trip lost $100 worth of college text books, as well as her EMT coat She doesn't expect to ever see them again. Most of the students lost something on the trip, from entire bags or purses, to coats, shoes, and dresses. Barton said, We just decided to make the best of it, and not let it completely ruin our evening. We couldn't walk out on $700 to $800 worth of play tickets and bus fare. they asked for an accounting of what was taken. Since students were scattered for four blocks, and there was no way of knowing how many things the man had taken off the bus until everyone had finished eating and met back at the buses, it was impossible to give a complete list of what was taken. However, the leader of the group, Donna Barton, promised to call with that information as soon as she was able to get it. She did call twice during and after the play with that information but felt she was getting a run around from the police department, as she was transferred from one extension to another. When the STANDARD called the Salt Lake City Police partment on Friday, (five days later) nothing had been done on the case. Sgt. Hughes, the investigating officer on the case said the group from Altamont wasnt sure what or how much had been taken. He said they told him they were pinched for time and would not be able to give him . tried to stop bus a robbery, but said the Fred Thacker ' suspect was "bigger than was." I i shuttling back and forth from Roosevelt to the dam site when needed. Bureau of Reclamation reports, Tyger's own internal reports and engineering reports for the completion of the project will be keeping the employees busy in the coming colder months of the down season. The project is expected to be back in full swing in late spring, possibly May of 1987. It is anticipated to be completed, as far- - as Tyger is concerned, by September of that same year. All that will be left will be the filling of the reservoir behind the new dam and the minor adjustments that will bring, another Tyger spokesman said. upset over Utah Power and Light wants to wipe out its competition so it can be the only power company in the state, charged officials of Utah's 40 consumerowned electric utilities on Friday. That's why federal power marketing policies giving priority to consumerowned utilities for federal power are needed more today than ever before, they said. R. I.eon Bowler, general mans- - UP&L. ger of Dixie Escalante Rural Electric Association and president of the Intermountain Consumer Power Association, says UP&L's lawsuit challenging federal power marketing laws is a waste ,of money. The company's request for an allocation of federal power has been turned down by Western Area Power Administration and by the U.S. Department of Energy. After power marketing practices in 1985 and 1986, Congress once again determined they are sound public policy. The legal challenges which UP&L plans to raise in a lawsuit against the federal government answered in have been favor of public power many times. Bowler asked who was paying for the lawsuit, saying if it is the of eatable edifices children and adults enjoyed the Village created by area bakers and chefs, ' Christmas wonderland last year. and an Aisle of Wreaths, beauBusiness, individuals, or tifully decorated and displayed on groups are also needed to doors " all for sale to the public. purchase trees. Anyone can par Also new this year will be ticipate by simply calling Pri"Celebrity Santa - alias mary Childrens Medical Center, focal personalities. For a or a member of the modest fee anyone can have their Endowment Board. picture taken with actor Robert Assisting Mrs. Peterson are Peterson, Mayor Palmer DePau-liCarolyn Cloward weatherman Bob Welti, news and Elda Rae Gunn. Department anchor Randall Carlisle, radio chairwomen are Nora Creer, personalities Tom Barberi, Doug chairwoman; Sarah Snow, regional, members of Wright, Morrie Carlson, Mark Roosevelt committee are Julie VanWagoner, Tom Bock, Amy l Jim Springer and Wheeler, Montgomery, Terry Luke, others. Coltharp, Kathryn Mangan, The festival's success is due Terry Wentworth and Lynette to many helping hands, Mrs. Gardner. Peterson said. Volunteers donate Advance discount tickets can and decorate trees and wreaths be purchased from committee and contribute fresh candies and members for only $1 for children baked items for the Sweet and $2 for adults. Tickets can also be purchased at the Salt Shoppe. Handmade articles such as quilts, afghans, toys and Palace II for $1.50 for children, Christmas decorations are needed $2.50 for adults. Easy entrance to for the Gift Boutique and cash the Festival is from the north donations help handicapped and from South Temple, (west of underprivileged groups see the Symphony Hall) or use the Festival Through this program, northeast side entrance off of over 6,500 of these special ' West Temple. well-know- utilities Consumer-owne- d Roosevelt joins the 'Festival of Trees' Roosevelt win be part of the Festival of Trees to help the Primary Childrens Medical Center this year. Local projects include quilts, decorations and other items made by Basin residents for this annual event in Salt Lake. But when you're thinking Festival nearly 12 months of the year "you never lose the Christmas Bpirit, says Lola Peterson, chairwoman of the Womens Endowment Board of Primary Children's Medical Center. The board, whose sole purpose is to organize the annual Festival of Trees, is enlisting thousands of volunteers throughout the state to make this year's event better than ever! Harton said They had the license number and a description of the vehicle. They should have put out an APB on the car before the police even got there. Sharon Mitchell, another adult n 521-167- 0, a, multi-region- al She-rro- stockholders, they ought to ask the company Why, if all the benefits will go to the rate- payers?" footing the commercial the bill, companys and industrial customers ought to demand a rate reduction too, since the company has said it would use any power it receives from WAPA to reduce only residential rates. If the ratepayer are practices not be allowed to buy from cheapo-powe- else, anyone r but should be required to buy their power supplies from UP&L. "Now if that doesnt mean they want to be the only power company in the state," Bowler said, It at least means they don't want any serious compe- tition. power. Power from the Colorado River Storage Project meets about half their power needs. Their blended cost of all power resources is about the same as UP&L's power costs. The difference, they say, is their approach to the utility business. While UP&L is buffered by utithe PSC, consumer-ownelities are held to closer scrutiny by their ratepayers who. can protest rate increases in city council meetings. While a dollar spent in the power department in a municipal utility is a dollar diverted from other municipal purposes. UP&L can put new investment in the rate base and earn a rate of return on it. The latest public power vs. UP&L battle has broad implications for utility ratepayers for beyond Utah's borders. Approximately 38 million people are consumer-ownet, served by power systems which rely on federal power. d The laws UP&L plans to challenge were drawn up 80 years ago and have since been reaffirmed in 30 different statutes. By giving consumerowned utilities priority in purchasing federal power, they are meant to stimulate competition in an inherently monopolistic industry. utAs long as consumer-owneilities have access to federal power they can keep pressure on UP&L to be efficient and to hold down rates. Public power officials disputed UP&L's contention that the only reason consumerowned utilities have lower rates is because they federal have access to d low-co- non-profi- st UP&L has promised to reduce residential rates if it gains 200 MW of power from the Colorado River Storage Project (CRSP). The way I Bowler stated, it, compute adding 200 MW of additional power resource to Utah Power and Lights already over- burdened surplus condition will not reduce rates for anyone. Unless, he speculated, They think they can unload their high-cos- t surplus on us by stealing our CRSP. That may well be the company's primary motive, he said. The same law firm representing UP&L in this lawsuit told the Utah Public Service Commission in another matter on Tuesday that municipal utilities should Mike Jarvis, on the right, is the manager of the new Yellow Front Store in Roosevelt. He comes to town from Brighton, Colorado, and has been with the company for two years. Jim Mortenson is the assistant manager, comes from Ship Rock, New Mexico, and has been with the company for five years. NEW MANAGERS d |